Cliff Notes version of Obama press conference in Jordan
1. “Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh.”
2. As commander-in-chief, er, rather, when I’m commander-in-chief…
3. The surge I opposed is working.
4. The architect of the surge, Gen. David Petraeus, is going to waste money on electricity projects, so I must be there to stop him.
5. “Ummmmmm.”
6. Now, stop asking me questions and take pictures.
And 7. “Israel is a strong friend of Israel.” (I missed this one, but commenter Jim M. and other readers report that Obama actually said this. Gaffe-tastic!)
The Tour de Farce continues…
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On July 22nd, 2008 at 8:18 pm, derel3433 said:
“The troops greeted Obama as a hero. Their enthusiasm was obvious and clearly unforced”.
It is known as editing…
Derel, how much are you getting paid by Obama’s campaign? What I was struck with is the complete lack of enthusiasm by most troops. If fact, you didn’t even see them in pictures. I saw a lot of blacks, who normally vote Democratic, but where were the whites, Latinos, and Asians?
I grew up in the military and know that almost everyone there is conservative. They are scared to death of an Obama presidency, except for a few blacks in the military.
You sound like Obama is already your president. But wishing isn’t going to make reality. Obama and McCain are tied in the polls right now. Dukakis was doing far better at this time.
derel3433
Sorry to burst your bubble there … but take notice when you see the video that virtually all of the soldiers meeting with Obama are black … and they are wearing unit patches from multiple units that would indicate they were brought in because they wanted to meet Obama … that many different military units are not represented in any one place in a combat zone …
also … we have nothing but his people’s statements on anything as they didn’t allow the reporters to accompany him or give a news briefing for questions afterward or anything … the pictures were all taken by military photographers … just like kicking the 2 muslim women out of the picture at one of his rallys they hand selected the troops that he met with …
I wonder how the troops feel about Mrs. Obama??
Barring a major gaffe–this one is over. He’s already appeared more presidential in the past 2 days than Bush has since his first term.
Foreign leaders and our own military to some extent are treating Obama as the president. Closing our eyes and wishing it away won’t help.
Like McCain we are on the sidelines wailing and nashing our teeth.
Most of the troops I know are not impressed with the Obamessiah or the “grumpy old man.” But what do I know I only work on an Air Force Base.
Appeared presidential.
Sorry, but it takes more than “appearing” presidential. Like others said, he is all flash, no substance. He is a hollow man, an empty suit. His rhetoric is hollow and vague. His numerous gaffes are countless. His lifetime accomplishments are NIL.
Yeah, you just keep on dreaming, sweetie. Keep staring at those pictures plastered all over your walls.
Well if you say so…
derel3433, it is summer; drink plenty of fluids and keep out of the sun; you are hallucinating. But that is what Democrats do, don’t they? Maybe they will let Bro Berry drive a tank. It worked for Dukakis.
But tell us dear derel3433, feel a tingle down your leg? An ache in the groin, heart, whatever?
Coming off the 1980 Democratic Convention Bro Jimmie had a 20+ point lead over Ronald Reagan. It did not last. No, they could not steal enough votes in Chicago to make it happen.
But if Bro Berry does make it all you good Liberals can hold hands and sing
“God Damn America!” to a John Lennon tune. Think Bro Berry will find a job for Yoko OhNo!?
Drink plenty of fluids derel3433.
Happy, happy.
I was just hoping a stray 50 cal would find the back of Obama’s head, so we could end this nightmare before it started.
On July 22nd, 2008 at 8:59 pm, derel3433 said:
“Barring a major gaffe–this one is over”.
yeah, yeah resistance is futile…
Yo, Tokyo Rose, you watch too much TV.
JT, That may be why they hand picked the troops he visited. Nobody in my unit likes the guy. I would rather chew off my right hand than salute him.
Deril:
I’m an Obama supporter also, but this race is FAR from over. McCain has actually closed the gap in most polls that I’ve seen in the past few days. Barack is going to have to kick McCain’s ass in the debates to really gain the confidence of swing voters IMO.
One thing Obama has to do on the Iraq issue is admit the succuss of the surge in many respects. The successes of the surge are the reason for the 2010 withdrawal date talk.
However, Obama still has scoreboard on Iraq, because we never should have gone in there to begin with. The reasons for the invasion proved to be forgesi, and just because less soldiers are dying now doesn’t mean that any needed to die there to begin with. Nor did we need do blow the 100s of billions of dollars on the war over there when Afghanistan is looking uglier, and our econony is struggling. Obama needs to make these arguments in an artful way, but he must admit surge success.
Let’s say Bush decides to invade Mexico to expand our territory. It would be misguided, sick and wrong, but there is still a right way and a wrong way to achieve military victory. The surge was the “right” way over Rumsfeld’s stupidity, but that doesn’t make the initial invasion any less misguided. It also doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t give a country its control back as soon as possible, while cleaning up our mess.
JT, I can understand the sentiment, but that kind of talk is one of the things we criticize the loons on the left for. I think that’s a bit over the top for a conservative blog that tries to maintain some measure of decorum.
sonofdy,
My Dad is a decorated vet from Vietnam and I grew up an Army brat. He always said that the unqualified Lt or Capt was subject to getting fragged.
This is why he surrounded himself with the a top a notch Sgt. and other top non-coms. Then he listened to them.
Obama is unqualified. And everything about the world tour is staged.
misstressjustice, Really? Did you really buy into the obama hype? I feel sorry for you.
backwoods conservative: You are right, but I really hate to see the country being fooled by this con man
backwoods,
Nah the left prefers slow painful deaths of patriots. A 50 cal is quick.
mistressjustice re: “Let’s say Bush decides to invade Mexico to expand our territory. It would be misguided, sick and wrong, but there is still a right way and a wrong way to achieve military victory“.
LOL!! Let’s say Mexico decides to invade us…
With all due respect man, I must denounce you at this time.
mistressjustice,
What about the 500 tons of yellow cake uranium that we found in Iraq. That qualified as WMD… right?
With all due respect
manmamsorry bout that.
misstressjustice, for example did you know that obama plans to leave up to 60,000 troops in iraq? and that hese will all be support troops and trainers? Do you know how bad of an idea it is to leave support units in isolated territory? Obama plans to increase the army and marines by 65,000 and 27,000 respectively. Thats good because he will need them to extract the 60,000 he will leave isloated and marked for destruction in detail.
JT not to mention the 400 chemical rounds found and 2 used in ieds. Or the thousands of tons the UN cataloged and still are missing.
Funny, I was just using an example. I probably should have used Canada or Cuba.
On July 22nd, 2008 at 10:03 pm, sonofdy
That’s such a reach. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that YOUR president admitted that no WMDs have been found.
Why? Seriously, why?? His experience? His 143 days in the Senate prior to running for CIC is a joke. Judgment? Sitting in an America hating church for 20 years is a drop in the bucket of this guy’s lack of judgment. Loyalty? He hasn’t met a bus he wouldn’t throw you under if you got in his way…You do know the halo is photoshopped, right?
sonofdy said:
“JT not to mention the 400 chemical rounds found and 2 used in ieds…”
HUSH, if self defense becomes a legitimate reason to go to war, can Iran be far off??
mistressjustice:
These are facts look them up. Of course the truth is usualy a reach for liberals.
Heck google it, or Youtube, but you can argue with the pres if you want to.
mistressjustice said “but I believe that YOUR president…”
Mam, that goes both ways… I suppose that you think that if BHO is elected the 60 million plus (of us)that voted for Bush will support YOUR president??
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/30/AR2006063001528.html
500 rounds found 29500 still not found.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4997808/
the first chemical ied
The 550 tons of yellowcake were known to be present in Iraq before the war. The UN inspectors had secured them. They weren’t removed previously because they required truck transport to the Baghdad airport, a formerly dangerous route.
“These are not the WMD you are looking for”.
—-Obiwan Ben Kenobi
misstressjustice, I am not a bushbot, I don’t care what bush said, 500 plus weapons were found 29,500 are still missing and the iraqi WMD was SHELVED not destroyed waiting for the end of sanctions. At the time most of the worlds intelligence agencies agreed with BUSH, not you.
Is that the same yellow cake wilson said saddam wasn’t trying to get?
missjustice,
You can take that Aug 2006 article and stick it. One thing you must give to Bush is that he didn’t phony up the evidence, when he could of Fed Ex’ed the material in to be found.
The fact that nuclear material has been found, even at this date, makes going into Iraq valid. Everyone including the Dems and Bill Clinton said he Saddam had them. Even the Dems made the case for war.
It does not make going into Iraq valid.
I can think of one big eared democrat that was running for the state senate who didn’t buy it. Maybe things would have been different had he been in Congress, but he has the moral high ground now. The few people who voted against the war were correct. I don’t care what the intelligence said. Sanction, sanctions, sanctions, and investigate further. According to Clarke, Bush was looking to invade Iraq immediately after 9/11. A lot of those dems got caught up in the post 9/11 vengeance. Many have apologized and regret their votes. Bill Clinton was a hawk, and you won’t see me defend his foreign policies.
Tell me. Are you fellas ready to invade North Korea? How about Iran?
Damn JT. I meant to ignore you after you wished death on Obama by bullet to the head in an earlier post #201..
Nutjobs on the left wish death on Bush. I don’t deal with nutjobs. I will read more carefully from now on.
but he has the moral high ground now.
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Even a broken watch is right 2 times a day.
, sanctions, sanctions, and investigate further.
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Which hadn’t worked in 14 years and was only making certian un officals rich. And saddam would stiull be killing off his own people at will. Tens of thousands a year.
I don’t deal with nutjobs.
Why do you support a follower of black liberation theology then?
Hussein killing his own people wasn’t our problem. A brutal dictator butchering his own, is no reason to invade and liberate. The Sododfy Doctrine would have us in perpetual war, especially in Africa.
I think Obama joined the church for politcal reasons to make Chicago and Civil Rights connections. It bit him in the ass. Nothing else in his life gives me cause for concern that he is some kind of radical or militant. He’s not perfect by any means, but I’m not going to waste my vote on Nader or a right-in. I’m a democrat, and I want a democrat making judicial appointments.
I gotta hit the sack now. Have a nice night.
Barring a major gaffe. LOL. Anyone voting for this idiot is doing so for one reason: he is (half) black. Period. Enough with the chronicling his “gaffes”, or actually debating his “positions”. This guy is the emperor-no clothes. He is a racist and a radical, married to a vile, disgusting spouse, but darn it! It’s about time we elected a black man! BS- not this black man…
mj,
You mean the community organizer (read Al Sharpton of Chicago) that supports late term abortions, and there isn’t position or belief he won’t flip flop on. Yeah his position on Iraq is the one that should be followed.
Any more room under that bus? How bout that speech Q&A in Jordan that was filled with Ahs… ums and errs. He’s an idiot. 1/5 of the 40 minutes he was a stammering moron.
If he’s so great why won’t he do unscripted town halls with McCain? I’ll tell you why, he’s handlers know he’d get his clock cleaned.
the problem JT is that his popularity is growing, especially on this recent road trip. that’s what we have to deal with.
this guy is crushing mccain and he’s been largely immune to the attacks. he’s got as much or more teflon than reagan I’m afraid.
Derel, what is your proof for the above? The glowing MSM coverage?
Liberals, like you, never understand that WISHING something is true doesn’t MAKE it true.
Being tied in the polls does not constitute “crushing” McCain. In fact, it is very worrying to many Democrats right now, such as Susan Estrich. Gore and Dukakis were far ahead at this time.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/07/it_should_be_a_democratic_year.html
Is there going to be debates? As Obama refused McCains offer I hope Mac has the balls to reject any other offer.
I hope.
wake up. look at the state polls. look at the states and races now in play that should be solidly red. of course anything can happen, but things are pretty grim and anyone who is not completely delusional should realize that.
about half of my conservative friends are in despair, the other half are openly rooting for big democratic victories so that we can pin the coming mess on them and regroup.
I guess things were “pretty grim” when Dukakis was beating George Bush by 20 points in the polls in July 1988.
Obama is tied right now, a terrible sign for his campaign.
By the way, why are you commenting on this site? How much are you getting paid to try to divide conservatives and convince them that Obama is already president and they may as well not vote?
Sadaam Hussein’s military shooting at our planes did not count as act of agression? What was he going to do with all that nuclear material? Build a replica of the plant on the Simpsons?
how solid is conservative support for mccain?
if this website is any indication of the feelings and values of conservative activists–i think we’re in trouble.
There are 300 million people in this country. Nobody has a good take on this election at the moment. Deep summer polls never hold.
The obamassiah will get through this campaign without ever having to debate, riding on the back of the MSM. Ummm, uhhh, ummmm.. Oh nevermind.
I don’t think conservative support for McCain is as strong as it was for Bush, but McCain is running against the most liberal senator out there.
That is also prbably why the moderate Democrats are shying away from the VP slot. Despite Obamania, having someone so far left on the top of ticket could affect the “Blue Dog” Democrats, as well as the seats taken in 2006 from Republicans.
I’m looking forward to the debates. Unless, Obama can read it off of some sheets of paper or a teleprompter, he’ll stumble, contradict himself, or give some sort of vague answer, like “hope and change”, like he always does.